On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 03:02:43PM -0400, Drew Weaver wrote: > Thats not true really, I am employed at an ISP and our Forwards and reverses > all match, and we have a /19.
Drew - If you're going to post in this thread (or any thread), please don't top post. Use the standard email convention so we can understand what you are replying to. Thanks. jeff. > > -Drew > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryl Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be > OT] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Nichel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:20 AM > > Subject: Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be > > OT] > > > > > > > Drew Weaver wrote: > > > > Since you're probably violating your ISPs ToS anyway I guess it doesnt > > > > matter if AOL doesn't accept your mail. > > > > > > > > -Drew > > > > > > Yes and no. I have a business account, and am allowed to run things > > > such as web servers and mail servers. In their business TOS, it says > > > nothing about me running these items on either static or dynamic ip's > > > (my account has one static and 5 dynamic ip's). I use the static for my > > > business website, my mail server is on one of the dynamic ip's, and a > > > gateway set up on one of the other dynamics. Their general TOS does > > > state that dynamic users (regular home users) can not run these items > > > though. So it's kind of a grey area. > > > > No gray area at all. You are running a Dynamic IP which will not pass the > > Reverse DNS lookup many email servers (including mine) will do when you > > attempt to send it. > > > > > > > > I'm not saying that AOL is wrong for this, as I'm sure a ton of SPAM > > > comes from people running mail servers inside their own house. > > > > They aren't wrong anymore than most of the rest of us ISPs are. The hits > > from a certain Cable Company in Bejing would astound you. The server will > > get hit about 5 times a minute from an ip address that ends in 130. If > you > > have an open relay, it will sense it and begin sending spam to the tune of > > about 30k a day. > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. Don't forget to change your password often. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
